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Tracking Down Minnesota’s “Doughnut Cities”

Kinda Different Posted on 2019-10-06 by kdawson2022-05-14

This does not happen in Massachusetts. There, cities and towns tile the counties and the state: they do not overlap. Minnesota is kinda different. In this state, eleven cities are completely enclosed within the limits … ‣ more…

Posted in Exploring, Geography, History | 8 Replies

Can’t Get There From Here

Kinda Different Posted on 2019-07-08 by kdawson2019-07-25

Follow along as we venture down a long and twisty Trail of exploration of a mostly forgotten era in motoring history: when no roads had numbers but some had marketing names. How many have heard … ‣ more…

Posted in Driving, Exploring, Transportation | 6 Replies

Sorting All the Saint Anthonys

Kinda Different Posted on 2019-07-03 by kdawson2021-09-19

Ever wonder about the various places named Saint Anthony strewn about the Twin Cities? I have long been confused by the many levels of names, official and unofficial, for areas and neighborhoods hereabouts. Allow me … ‣ more…

Posted in Exploring, Government, Places | 4 Replies

Sorting All the Saint Pauls

Kinda Different Posted on 2019-06-26 by kdawson2019-07-02

Ever wonder about the various “little Saint Pauls” scattered seemingly at random around this city? There’s North Saint Paul (to the northeast), West Saint Paul (due south), and South Saint Paul (which is indeed south, … ‣ more…

Posted in Exploring, Names, Places | 4 Replies

St. Paul’s Ghost Parks

Kinda Different Posted on 2018-09-09 by kdawson2018-09-16

I stumbled upon the existence of the ghost parks in a singular way. I was returning home from the post office on West 7th, driving north up Lexington Pkwy., when a startling notation on the … ‣ more…

Posted in Exploring, Names, Urban Design | 18 Replies

Herbivorous Butcher

Kinda Different Posted on 2016-03-05 by kdawson2016-03-16

When my wife was growing up and her grandparents lived in “Nord‘east,” it was not a hip, happening place. It was a bunch of separate Minneapolis neighborhoods sorted by ethnicity. Kinda different now. Caveat: While … ‣ more…

Posted in Exploring, Food | 7 Replies

Payne

Kinda Different Posted on 2015-12-29 by kdawson2015-12-29

We found lots to like in a brief incursion into St. Paul’s northeast quarter, out along Payne Avenue. Unlike Minneapolitans, St. Paulites don’t call this quadrant of their city “Northeast.” Rather it’s “Payne-Phalen and The … ‣ more…

Posted in Architecture, Exploring, Food, Restaurants | 12 Replies

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